Updating Your Skills to SQL Server 2017 (10998A)

This two-day instructor led training course is aimed at database professionals looking to update their skills to cover SQL Server 2017.

Audience ProfileThe primary audience for this course is existing database professionals with experience of SQL Server 2016 who want to update their skills to SQL Server 2017. The secondary audience is existing SQL Server 2016 MCSAs who want to prepare for the Upgrade exam for SQL Server 2017 certification.

PrerequisitesIn addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:

Experience of building and managing database, data warehouse, and business intelligence (BI) solutions with SQL Server 2016.

Familiarity with the Windows Server 2016 operating system and networking.

Familiarity with Microsoft Office 2016.

ObjectivesAfter completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe key capabilities and components of SQL Server 2017

Describe new and enhanced features in SQL Server Performance, Availability, and Scalability

Module 2: What’s new in SQL Server Performance, Scalability, and AvailabilityThis module introduces the performance enhancements provided by Adaptive Query Processing and Automatic Tuning, as well as the scalability and availability enhancements provided by new Availability Group architectures, including Read-Scale Availability Groups and Availability Groups with SQL Server on LinuxLessons

Adaptive query processing

Automatic tuning

Availability Scalability

Module 3: What’s New in SQL Server data AccessSQL Server 2017 introduces SQL Graph which enables you to define the relationships between your data items in a table rather than calculating them during a query, reducing the query cost and simplifying your data structure.Lessons

SQL Graph

Module 4: What’s new in SQL Server Reporting and BIThis module describes what’s new in SQL Server reporting and BI.Lessons

Power BI report Server

Reporting Services update

Module 5: New and Enhanced Features in SQL Server Analysis ServicesThis module introduces new and enhanced features in SQL Server Analysis Services, with particular emphasis on the tabular data model.Lessons

Module 7: What’s new in SQL Server in the CloudOrganizations want the best value from a mixture of cloud services and their existing investment in on-premises hardware and software. This module covers a comparison between the features of Microsoft Azure SQL Database and Microsoft SQL Server 2017, as well as new features that make it easier for you to migrate databases from on-premises SQL Server instances to Azure SQL Database.Lessons

Azure SQL database features

Managed Instances

Module 8: SQL Server on LinuxThis module covers the features of SQL Server on Linux, as well as the process for deploying SQL Server on Linux and using Docker.Lessons